EP3423766A1 - Heat pump with a gas trap, method for operating a heat pump with a gas trap, and method for producing a heat pump with a gas trap - Google Patents
Heat pump with a gas trap, method for operating a heat pump with a gas trap, and method for producing a heat pump with a gas trapInfo
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to heat pumps for heating, cooling or for any other application of a heat pump.
- Figures 8A and 8B illustrate a heat pump as described in European patent EP 2016349 B1.
- the heat pump initially comprises an evaporator 10 for evaporating water as Häfiüsstechnik to produce the output side of a steam in a working steam line 12.
- the evaporator includes an evaporation space (not shown in FIG. 8A) and is configured to generate an evaporation pressure of less than 20 hPa in the evaporation space so that the water evaporates at temperatures below 15X in the evaporation space.
- the water is e.g.
- the water vapor is supplied through the suction line 12 to a compressor / condenser system 14, which has a turbomachine, such as a centrifugal compressor, for example in the form of a turbocompressor, which is designated 16 in FIG. 8A.
- the turbomachine is designed to compress the working steam to a vapor pressure at least greater than 25 hPa.
- 25 hPa corresponds to a fluidizing temperature of about 22 ° C, which can already be a sufficient heating flow temperature of a floor heating, at least on relatively warm days.
- pressures greater than 30 hPa can be generated with the turbomachine 16, wherein a pressure of 30 hPa has a liquefaction temperature of 24 ° C, a pressure of 60 hPa has a liquefaction temperature of 36 ° C, and a pressure of 100 hPa corresponds to a liquefaction temperature of 45 ° C.
- Floor- Heaters are designed to heat adequately with a flow temperature of 45 ° C, even on very cold days.
- the turbomachine is coupled to a condenser 18, which is designed to liquefy the compressed working steam.
- a condenser 18 By liquefying the energy contained in the working steam is supplied to the condenser 18, to then be supplied via the flow 20a a heating system.
- the working fluid flows back into the condenser via the return line 20b.
- the steam is so much energy withdrawn that this is liquefied and also participates in the heating circuit.
- a material entry into the condenser or the heating system takes place, which is regulated by a drain 22, such that the condenser has a water level in its condenser, which remains despite the constant supply of water vapor and thus condensate always below a maximum level.
- the water to be evaporated could first be heated by a heat exchanger from an external heat source.
- the medium is also used directly there, when thinking of a house with underfloor heating, the water that is of the Evaporator comes to circulate directly in the underfloor heating.
- a heat exchanger can also be arranged on the condenser side, which is fed with the feed line 20a and which has the return line 20b, this heat exchanger cooling the water in the condenser and thus a separate underfloor heating liquid, which will typically be water, heating up.
- the Strö- The machine is always supplied with distilled water, as well as the condenser and, if necessary, directly coupled underfloor heating, in such a way that the system has a reduced maintenance compared to today's systems. In other words, the system is self-cleaning, since only distilled water is always supplied to the system and the water in the outlet 22 is thus not polluted.
- turbomachines have the properties that they - similar to an aircraft turbine - the compressed medium not with problematic substances, such as oil, in connection. Instead, the water vapor is compressed only by the turbine or the turbocompressor, but not associated with oil or other purity impairing medium and thus contaminated.
- the distilled water discharged through the drain can thus - if no other regulations stand in the way - be readily returned to the groundwater. Alternatively, however, it may also be e.g. be infiltrated in the garden or in an open area, or it may be fed via the canal, if required by regulations - to a sewage treatment plant.
- FIG. 8B shows a table for illustrating various pressures and the evaporation temperatures associated with these pressures, with the result that, in particular for water as the working medium, rather low pressures are to be selected in the evaporator.
- DE 443 88 / A1 discloses a heat pump system with a lightweight, large volume high performance centrifugal compressor.
- a vapor exiting a second stage compressor has a saturation temperature which exceeds the ambient temperature or that of available cooling water, thereby allowing for heat removal.
- the compressed vapor is transferred from the second stage compressor to the condenser unit, which consists of a packed bed which is internally half of a cooling water spraying device on a top, which is supplied by a water circulation pump, is provided.
- the compressed water vapor rises in the condenser through the packed bed where it passes in direct countercurrent contact with the downwardly flowing cooling water.
- WO 2014072239 A1 discloses a condenser with a condensation zone for condensing vapor to be condensed in a working fluid.
- the condensation zone is formed as a volume zone and has a lateral boundary between the upper end of the condensation zone and the lower end.
- the condenser comprises a steam introduction zone which extends along the lateral end of the condensation zone and is designed to supply condensing steam laterally across the lateral boundary into the condensation zone.
- the actual condensation is made into a volume condensation, because the vapor to be liquefied is introduced not only head-on from one side into a condensation volume or into the condensation zone, but laterally and preferably from all sides , This not only ensures that the condensation volume provided is increased at the same external dimensions compared to a direct countercurrent condensation, but that at the same time the efficiency of the capacitor is improved because the vapor to be liquefied in the condensation zone, a current direction transverse to the flow direction - tion of the condensation liquid has.
- the object of the present invention is to provide a more efficient heat pump concept.
- the heat pump according to the present invention comprises a condenser for condensing compressed or optionally heated working steam and a gas trap coupled to the condenser by a foreign gas feed.
- the gas trap has a housing with a foreign gas supply inlet, a working fluid supply line in the housing, a working fluid discharge in the housing and a pump to pump gas from the housing.
- the housing, the working fluid supply line and the working fluid discharge line are designed and arranged such that, during operation, there is a flow of working fluid from the working fluid supply line to the working fluid discharge line in the housing.
- the working fluid supply line is coupled to the heat pump so that, during operation, the working fluid is supplied to the heat pump, which is colder than a working vapor to be condensed in the condenser.
- the working fluid supply line is coupled to the heat pump to conduct working fluid during operation of the heat pump that is colder than a temperature associated with a saturated vapor pressure of a working vapor to be condensed in the condenser. So belongs to the saturated steam pressure of the working steam always a temperature z. B. from the h-logp diagram or a similar diagram can be seen.
- foreign gas and working steam both of which enter the condenser mixed by the foreign gas supply in a certain ratio, are brought into direct or indirect contact with the working liquid flow, so that foreign gas enrichment results.
- the foreign gas enrichment is due to the fact that the working steam condenses by direct or indirect contact with the working fluid flow, which is relatively cold.
- the foreign gases can not condense, so that gradually accumulates in the housing of Gasfaile foreign gas.
- the housing thus constitutes a gas pocket for the foreign gas, while the working steam can condense and remain in the system.
- the pump for pumping gas from the housing By the pump for pumping gas from the housing, the enriched foreign gas is removed.
- the pumping of gas from the housing of the gas trap does not lead to a particularly strong extraction of working steam from the system, because the majority of the working steam is condensed in the working fluid flow either by direct or indirect contact, and thus can not be pumped by the pump.
- a heat pump comprises a condenser for condensing compressed or optionally heated working steam, a Fremdgassammeiraum mounted in the condenser, said Fremdgassammeiraum a condensation surface, the colder during operation of the heat pump than a temperature to be condensed Working vapor is, and has a partition wall which is arranged between the condensation surface and a condensation zone in the condenser. Further, a Fremdgasab Installations worn is provided, which is coupled to the Fremdgassammeiraum to dissipate foreign gas from the Fremdgassammeiraum.
- the condensation surface is colder than a temperature associated with a saturated vapor pressure of a working vapor to be condensed in the condenser.
- the saturated steam pressure of the working steam always includes a temperature, e.g. can be taken from the h-logp Diagramrn or a similar diagram.
- the foreign gas now enriched in the condenser may be discharged directly to the outside.
- the foreign gas discharge device may be coupled to the gas trap according to the first aspect of the present invention, so that a gas in which the foreign gas is enriched is already introduced into the gas trap. leads to further increase the efficiency of the entire device.
- direct discharge of already enriched foreign gas from the external gas collection space in the condenser already leads to an increased efficiency compared to a procedure in which gas which would simply be present in the condenser would be pumped out.
- the condensation surface in the Fremdgassammeiraum ensures that working steam condenses on the condensation surface and thus enriches foreign gas.
- the dividing wall is provided, which is arranged between the (cold) condensation surface and the condensation zone in the condenser.
- the condensation zone is separated from the Fremdgassammeiraum, so that a somewhat calmed zone is created, which is less turbulent than the condensation zone.
- This calm zone still existing working steam can condense on the relatively cold condensation surface, and the foreign gas accumulates in the Fremdgassammeiraum between the condensation surface and the partition wall.
- the partition thus works in two ways. On the one hand, it creates a calm zone and, on the other hand, it acts as an insulation, so that no undesirable heat losses take place on the cold surface, ie the condensation surface.
- FIG. 1A shows a schematic view of a heat pump with an entangled evaporator / condenser arrangement
- FIG. 1B shows a heat pump with a gas trap according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention with regard to the first aspect
- FIG. 1A shows a schematic view of a heat pump with an entangled evaporator / condenser arrangement
- FIG. 1B shows a heat pump with a gas trap according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention with regard to the first aspect
- FIG. 2A is an illustration of the housing of the gas trap according to an indirect contact implementation
- Fig. 2B shows an alternative implementation of the gas trap with direct contact and oblique arrangement
- Fig. 4 is a schematic representation of a system with two heat pump stages (cans) in conjunction with a gas trap;
- FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a heat pump with an evaporator bottom and a condenser bottom according to the embodiment of FIG. 1;
- Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a condenser as shown in WO 2014072239 A1;
- FIG. 7 shows an illustration of the liquid distributor plate on the one hand and the steam inlet zone with steam inlet gap on the other hand from WO 2014072239 A1;
- Fig. 8a is a schematic representation of a known heat pump for evaporating water
- Fig. 8b is a table illustrating pressures and vaporization temperatures of water as the working liquid; a schematic representation of a heat pump with a Fremdgassammei- space in the condenser according to an embodiment with respect to the second
- FIG. 10 shows a cross section through a heat pump with an entangled evaporator / condenser arrangement
- Fig. 1 1 is a view similar to Fig. 10 for explaining the principle of operation
- FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of a heat pump with entangled evaporator / condenser assembly and a frusto-conical partition.
- FIG. 1A shows a heat pump 100 with an evaporator for evaporating working fluid in an evaporator chamber 102.
- the heat pump further comprises a condenser for liquefying evaporated working fluid in a condenser space 104, which is delimited by a condenser bottom 106.
- the evaporator space 102 is at least partially surrounded by the condenser space 104.
- the evaporator chamber 102 is separated from the condenser space 104 by the condenser bottom 106.
- the condenser bottom is connected to an evaporator bottom 108 to define the evaporator space 102.
- a compressor 1 10 is provided above the evaporator chamber 102 or elsewhere, which is not detailed in Fig. 1A, but which is designed in principle to compress vaporized working fluid and as compressed steam 1 12 in the condenser space 104 to conduct.
- the condenser space is also limited to the outside by a capacitor wall 1 14.
- the capacitor wall 1 14 is also attached to the evaporator bottom 108 as the capacitor bottom 06.
- the dimensioning of the condenser bottom 106 in the region forming the interface to the evaporator bottom 108 is such that the condenser bottom is completely surrounded by the condenser wall 1 14 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1A.
- the condenser space, as shown in FIG. 1A extends to the bottom of the evaporator, and that the evaporator space at the same time extends very far upwards, typically almost through almost the entire condenser space 104.
- This "entangled" or interlocking arrangement of condenser and evaporator which is characterized in that the condenser bottom is connected to the evaporator bottom, provides a particularly high heat pump efficiency and therefore allows a particularly compact design of a heat pump, the order of magnitude is the dimensioning of the heat pump, for example in a cylindrical shape so that the condenser wall 1 14 represents a cylinder with a diameter between 30 and 90 cm and a height between 40 and 100 cm.
- the dimensioning can, however, be selected according to the required heat pump performance class. but preferably in the dimensions mentioned.
- the operating direction of the heat pump is as shown in FIG. 1A.
- the evaporator bottom defines in operation the lower portion of the heat pump, but apart from connecting lines with other heat pumps or to corresponding pump units.
- the steam generated in the evaporator chamber rises and is deflected by the motor and is fed from top to bottom in the condenser space, and that the condenser liquid is guided from bottom to top, and then fed from above into the condenser space and then flows in the condenser space from top to bottom, such as by individual droplets or by small liquid streams, to react with the preferably cross-fed compressed steam for purposes of condensation.
- the interlocking arrangement is thus optimal in that each functional space there is given the large volume, where this functional space also requires the large volume.
- the evaporator compartment has the large volume below while the condenser compartment has the large volume at the top.
- the corresponding small volume which remains for the respective functional space where the other functional space has the large volume, contributes to an increase in efficiency compared to a heat pump in which the two functional elements are arranged one above the other, as in WO 2014072239 A1 is the case.
- the compressor is arranged at the top of the condenser space such that the compressed steam is deflected by the compressor on the one hand and at the same time fed into an edge gap of the condenser space.
- This cross-flow condensation is particularly effective in the upper area where the evaporator space is large, and does not require a particularly large area in the lower area where the condenser space is small in favor of the evaporator space, yet still allows condensation of vapor particles penetrated up to this area allow.
- An evaporator bottom which is connected to the condenser bottom, is preferably designed so that it receives the condenser inlet and outlet and the evaporator inlet and outlet in which, in addition to certain bushings for sensors in the evaporator or in the Capacitor can be present. This ensures that no feedthroughs of lines for the condenser inlet and outlet are required by the near-vacuum evaporator. This will make the entire heat pump less prone to failure because any passage through the evaporator would be a potential leak.
- the condenser bottom is provided with a respective recess at the locations where the condenser inlets and outlets are located, in such a way that no condenser feeds / discharges run in the evaporator space defined by the condenser bottom.
- the condenser space is limited by a condenser wall, which is also attachable to the evaporator bottom.
- the evaporator bottom thus has an interface for both the condenser wall and the condenser bottom and additionally has all the liquid feeds for both the evaporator and the condenser.
- the evaporator bottom is formed to have spigots for the individual feeders that have a cross section that is different from a cross section of the opening on the other side of the evaporator bottom.
- the shape of the individual connecting pieces is then designed such that the shape or cross-sectional shape changes over the length of the connecting piece, but the pipe diameter, which plays a roulette for the flow velocity, is almost equal to a tolerance of ⁇ 10%. This prevents water flowing through the connection pipe from cavitating. This ensures due to the good obtained by the formation of the connecting pieces flow conditions that the corresponding pipes / lines can be made as short as possible, which in turn contributes to a compact design of the entire heat pump.
- Another smaller dimensioned feed in the evaporator bottom for condenser water may also be provided to connect a hose which supplies cooling fluid to the compressor motor of the heat pump, not the cold, the liquid supplied to the evaporator is used for cooling, but the warmer, the condenser supplied Liquid, which is still cool enough in typical operating situations to cool the heat pump motor.
- the evaporator bottom is characterized by the fact that it has a combination functionality. On the one hand, it ensures that no capacitor feed lines have to be passed through the evaporator, which is under very low pressure. on the other hand he represents an interface to the outside, which preferably has a circular shape, as in a circular shape as much evaporator surface remains. All inlets and outlets pass through one evaporator base and from there into either the evaporator space or the condenser space.
- a production of the evaporator floor of plastic injection molding is particularly advantageous because the advantageous relatively complicated shapes of the inlet / outlet nozzles in plastic injection molding can be carried out easily and inexpensively.
- it is due to the execution of the evaporator bottom as easily accessible workpiece readily possible to produce the evaporator bottom with sufficient structural stability, so that he can withstand the low evaporator pressure in particular without further ado.
- Fig. 1B shows a heat pump with a gas trap according to the first aspect of the present invention in a preferred embodiment, which may generally have an entangled arrangement of evaporator and condenser or any other arrangement between the evaporator and the condenser.
- the heat pump generally includes an evaporator 300 coupled to a compressor 302 to draw, compress, and thereby heat cold working steam via a steam line 304.
- the heated and compressed working steam is delivered to a condenser 308.
- the evaporator 300 is coupled to a region 308 to be cooled, via an evaporator feed line 310 and an evaporator drain line 312, in which a pump 314 is typically provided.
- a heatable area 318 is provided which is coupled to the condenser 306 via a condenser feed line 320 and a condenser drain line 322.
- the condenser 308 is configured to condense heated working steam in the condenser feed channel 305.
- a gas trap is provided which is coupled to the condenser 306 by a foreign gas feed 325.
- the gas trap comprises a housing 330 with a foreign gas feed inlet 332 and possibly further foreign gas feed entrances 334, 336.
- the housing 330 comprises a working fluid supply line 338 and a working fluid discharge line 340.
- the heat pump further comprises a pump 342 for pumping gas out of the housing 330.
- the working fluid supply line 338, the working fluid drainage 340 and the housing are designed and arranged such that in operation a working fluid flow 344 from the working fluid supply line 338 to the working fluid discharge line 340 in the housing 330 takes place.
- the working fluid supply line 338 is further coupled to the heat pump such that during operation, the working fluid is supplied to the heat pump which is colder than a working vapor to be condensed in the condenser and which is preferably even colder than the working fluid entering or exiting the condenser.
- working fluid from the evaporator drain line is taken at a branch point 350, since this working fluid is the coldest working fluid in the system.
- the branch point 350 is located after the pump 314 (in the flow direction), so that no separate pump is required for the gas trap.
- the working fluid flow through the gas trap is a volume that is less than 1% of the main flow handled by the pump 314, and preferably even on the order of 0.5 to 2% o of the main flow is, which flows from the evaporator via the evaporator outlet 312 into the area to be cooled 308 or a heat exchanger, to which the area to be cooled can be connected.
- the working fluid flow originates from a liquid in the heat pump system, this is not the case in all embodiments.
- the flow can also be provided by an external circuit, ie an external cooling liquid. This can flow through the gas trap and be removed, which is no problem with water anyway.
- the liquid at the outlet of the gas trap passes into a cooling zone where the liquid is cooled.
- a cooling can be used for example by a Peltiereiement, so that the entering into the gas trap liquid is colder than the liquid emerging from the gas trap.
- a mixture of working steam and foreign gases passes from the condenser 308 via the foreign gas feed 325 into the housing 330 of FIG Gas trap.
- foreign gas can not be removed by condensation, but the foreign gas accumulates in the gas trap, as shown at 357.
- the housing comprises a collection space 358, which is arranged at the top, for example.
- any other, relatively cool liquid can be taken, namely, for example, at the return of the evaporator, that is in the line 310, in which the temperature level is still lower than in the Kondensierreück- run 320, for example.
- the coldest liquid in the system provides the greatest efficiency for the gas trap.
- the working fluid supply line 338 may also be coupled to another location in the system to direct a particular flow of working fluid into the gas trap
- the working fluid could be diverted even after a heat exchanger such as that shown in Fig. 4, so to speak, on the "customer side.”
- this approach becomes so in view of the system having as little customer influence as possible should, not preferred, but is in principle possible.
- the pump 342 is configured to pump gas out of the housing 330.
- the pump 342 is coupled via a suction line 371 to the plenum 358.
- the pump has a discharge line 372, which is designed to dispense the extracted mixture of enriched foreign gas and residual water vapor.
- conduit 372 may simply be open to the environment or into a container where the residual water vapor may condense to eventually be disposed of or reintroduced into the system.
- the pump 342 is controlled via a controller 373.
- the control for the pump may be due to a pressure difference or an absolute pressure, a temperature difference or an absolute temperature, or an absolute timing or a time interval control.
- One possible control is beispiels- way of a ruling in the case of gas pressure P F aII 374.
- An alternative control takes a 375 to the working fluid supply line 338 or via an outlet temperature T from 376 instead of the inlet temperature T.
- the outlet temperature T from 376 at the working fluid discharge 340 is a measure of how much water vapor is condensed by the foreign gas feed 325 into the working fluid.
- the pressure in the gas trap P Fa i le 374 is a measure of how much foreign gas has been enriched.
- the controller 373 may be activated to turn on the pump 342 until the pressure returns to the desired low range. Then the pump can be switched off again.
- An alternative control variable for the pump is, for example, the difference between ⁇ 6 ⁇ 375 and T from 376. For example, if it turns out that the difference between these two values is smaller than a minimum difference, this means that due to the increased pressure in the gas trap hardly any more steam condenses. Therefore, it is advisable to turn on the pump 342, until a difference again above a certain threshold. Then the pump is switched off again.
- Possible parameters are thus pressure, temperature, e.g. at the condensation point, a temperature difference between the water supply and the condensation point, a driving pressure increase for the entire Kondensaiions polish etc. As shown, but the easiest way is a control over a temperature difference or a time interval, for which no sensors are needed. This is easily possible in the present embodiment, because the gas trap creates a very efficient foreign gas enrichment and therefore problems with excessive extraction of working steam from the system are not present if the pump is not operated continuously.
- Figures 2A, 2B and 3 show different implementations of the gas trap.
- Fig. 2A shows a semi-open variant of the gas trap.
- a preferably formed of metal tube 390 is arranged in the gas trap, which is coupled to the working fluid inlet 338.
- the working fluid then flows down the tube to the working fluid outlet 340.
- the working fluid vapor which is introduced into the gas trap by the feed 332 no longer condense directly in the working fluid but on the (cold) surface of the tube 390
- the end of the tube is disposed at a level 391 of working fluid into which also the water condensed on the tube surface flows down the tube.
- FIG. 2A thus shows a semi-open gas trap with a condensation on a cold surface, namely the surface of the object 390.
- Fig. 2B shows another variant with a rather laminar flow.
- the gas trap is arranged obliquely or the housing 330 is formed obliquely, so that the water from the supply line 338 to the discharge line 340 flows relatively calmly, that is to say with little turbulence and, more generally, downwards.
- the vapor supplied through the feed 332 condenses with the laminar flow, while foreign gas portions 357 accumulate in the foreign gas enrichment space 358.
- an open system is shown in which condensation takes place directly in the cold liquid but now has a laminar flow.
- Fig. 3 shows a further variant with an open design. In particular, a very turbulent flow takes place, namely directly substantially vertically from the top of the inlet 338 down to the drain 340.
- the drain 340 is formed in the form of a siphon, for example, is ensured below in the housing in that a liquid level 391 is held. This ensures that the working medium vapor, which is supplied through the supply 332, can not run directly into the evaporator outlet or into the cold flow from which the working medium inlet is branched off 338, since then the foreign gas would not be separated off, but directly on the evaporator side in the system would be introduced.
- FIG. 2A shows a variant in which the condensation on a cold surface of a switching element 390, such as For example, the tube described in FIG. 2A takes place, which therefore has a cold surface, because inside the switching element the cold working fluid flows from the inlet 338 to the outlet 340.
- cooling may also be achieved by other variations, that is, by any other means using internal fluid / vapors or external cooling measures to have an efficient gas trap in the heat pump via the foreign gas supply line 325 to the condenser 306 is coupled.
- the housing 330 is elongated, namely as a tube which has a diameter of 50 mm or greater in the upper part of the foreign gas enrichment space 328 and has a diameter of 25 mm or larger at the bottom, ie in the condensation region.
- the condensation area or flow area ie the difference between the inlet 338 and the outlet 340, is at least 20 cm long with respect to the vertical height.
- a flow takes place, that is to say that the gas trap has at least one vertical component, although it may be arranged obliquely.
- a completely horizontal gas trap is not preferred, but is possible as long as a working fluid flow from the working fluid supply to the working fluid discharge takes place in the housing during operation.
- Fig. 4 shows an implementation of a heat pump with two stages.
- the first stage is formed by the evaporator 300, the compressor 302 and the condenser 306.
- the second stage is formed by an evaporator 500, a compressor 502 and a condenser 506.
- the evaporator 500 is connected to the compressor 502 via a vapor suction line 504, and the compressor 502 is connected to the condenser 506 via a compressed vapor line, designated 505.
- the system of the two (or more stages) includes a drain 522 and an inlet 520.
- the drain 522 and inlet 520 are connected to a heat exchanger 598 which is couplable to a region to be heated.
- the area to be cooled is a space to be cooled, such as a computer room, a process room, etc.
- the area to be cooled would be an environmental area, eg.
- the condensers of the second and possibly still existing further stages can all be connected to one and the same gas trap or to the same gas trap 330 is particularly advantageous in the present invention.
- the foreign gas supply pipe 325 of the first condensate. Erers 306 is coupled to the housing 330.
- a further The second external gas supply line 525 is coupled from the second condenser 506 to the input 334. It is preferred that the cold box or the condenser of the cold box, so z. B. the first stage, so the condenser 306 further up in the housing 330 of the gas passages to couple as the condenser of the second stage, so the warm can.
- the working steam mixed with foreign gas may flow past the working fluid flow from the input 338 to the exit 340 longer than the flow of working steam and foreign gas from the foreign gas supply conduit 325.
- all the foreign gas supply conduits may also be coupled at the very bottom, that is, via the one single input 334, if in this case the housing 330 of the gas trap leaves sufficient space. Moreover, it is shown in FIG.
- the working liquid for the gas trap at the coldest point of the entire system is tapped from two heat pump stages, namely at the outlet 312 of the evaporator 300 of the first stage, which is coupled to the heat exchanger 398.
- the pump 314 of FIG. 1B would be located.
- alternative designs can also be selected. It should also be noted that the diversion of working fluid into the gas trap is less than or equal to 1% of the main flow, that is, of the total flow from the evaporator 1300 to the heat exchanger 398, and preferably even less than or equal to
- the cross-section of the line from the condenser into the housing 330 is such that at most 1% of the main gas flow into the condensate, or even less than or equal to it 1% o is diverted from the gas stream into the condenser. Since, however, the complete control takes place automatically due to the pressure difference from the respective condenser into the gas trap, the precise dimensioning is not essential here for the functionality.
- FIG. 6 shows a condenser wherein the condenser in FIG. 6 has a steam introduction zone 102 which extends completely around the condensation zone 100.
- FIG. 6 shows a part of a condenser which has a condenser bottom 200.
- a condenser housing section 202 is attached on the condenser bottom. 6, which, because of the illustration in FIG. 6, is transparent, but which in nature does not necessarily have to be transparent, but rather can be formed, for example, from plastic, die-cast aluminum or something similar.
- the lateral housing part 202 rests on a sealing rubber 201 in order to achieve a good seal with the floor 200.
- the condenser comprises a remplisstechniksabiauf 203 and a liquid inlet 204 and a centrally disposed in the condenser steam supply 205, which tapers from bottom to top in Fig. 6.
- FIG. 6 represents the actually desired erection direction of a heat pump and a condenser of this heat pump, wherein in this installation direction in FIG. 6 the evaporator of a heat pump is arranged below the condenser.
- the condensation zone 100 is bounded outwardly by a basket-like boundary object 207, which is drawn as well as the outer housing part 202 transparent and is normally formed like a basket.
- a grid 209 is arranged, which is designed to carry fillers, which are not shown in Fig.
- the basket 207 extends only down to a certain point.
- the basket 207 is provided with vapor permeability to hold packing, such as so-called Pall rings.
- Pall rings packing
- These fillers are introduced into the condensation zone, but only within the basket 207, but not in the steam inlet zone 102. However, the fillers are filled so high outside the basket 207 that the height of the packing either to the lower limit of the basket 207 or something about it.
- the condenser of Fig. 6 comprises a working fluid feeder, in particular through the working fluid supply 204, which, as shown in Fig. 6, wound around the steam supply in the form of an ascending turn, by a
- Liquid transport region 210 is formed by a liquid distribution element 212, which is preferably formed as a perforated plate.
- the working fluid feeder is thus designed to supply the working fluid into the condensation zone.
- a steam feeder which, as shown in Fig. 6, is preferably composed of the funnel-shaped tapered feeder section 205 and the upper steam guide section 213.
- a wheel of a radial compressor is preferably used, and the radial compression causes the feed 205 to draw vapor from below upwards is then deflected due to the radial compression by the radial wheel already approximately 90 degrees to the outside, so from a flow from bottom to top to a flow from the center outwards in Fig. 6 with respect to the element 213.
- the steam feeder is therefore preferably of annular design and provided with an annular gap for supplying the steam to be condensed, wherein the working liquid feed is formed within the annular gap.
- FIG. 7. 6 shows a bottom view of the "lid region" of the condenser of Fig. 6.
- the perforated plate 212 is shown schematically from below, which acts as a liquid distributor element 16.
- the steam inlet gap 215 is schematically drawn, and it follows from Fig. 7, the vapor inlet gap is of annular design such that no steam to be condensed is fed into the condensation zone directly from above or directly from below, but only laterally through the holes of the distributor plate 212, thus only liquid but no steam flows Steam is "sucked” laterally into the condensation zone due to the liquid that has passed through the perforated plate 212.
- the liquid distribution plate may be formed of metal, plastic or a similar material and is executable with different hole patterns.
- this lateral boundary is designated 217. This ensures that liquid that exits the element 210 due to the curved feed 204 already with a twist and distributed from the inside to the outside on the liquid distributor, does not splash over the edge in the steam inlet zone, unless the liquid is already previously through the Drilled holes of the liquid distribution plate and condensed with steam.
- FIG. 5 shows a sectional view of a complete heat pump, which comprises both the evaporator bottom 108 and the condenser bottom 106.
- the condenser bottom 106 has a tapering cross-section from an inlet for the working fluid to be evaporated to a suction opening 15 which is coupled to the compressor or engine 110 So where is the preferential As used radial wheel of the engine sucks the Verdam ferraum 102 generated in Verdam.
- FIG. 5 shows a cross section through the entire heat pump, in particular a droplet separator 404 is arranged within the condenser bottom.
- This mist eliminator includes individual vanes 405. These vanes are placed in corresponding grooves 406 shown in FIG. 5 to keep the mist eliminator in place and in place. These grooves are arranged in the condenser bottom in a region directed towards the evaporator bottom in the inside of the evaporator bottom.
- the condenser bottom further has various guiding features that can be formed as rods or tongues to hold tubes that are provided for a condenser water guide, for example, which are thus plugged onto corresponding sections and the Einspesewill the condenser water supply ankoppein.
- this condenser water feed 402 may be configured as shown at reference numerals 102, 207 to 250 in FIGS. 6 and 7.
- the condenser preferably has a condenser liquid distribution arrangement which has two or more feed points. A first feed point is therefore connected to a first portion of a capacitor feed. A second feed point is connected to a second section of the condenser inlet. Should there be more feed points for the condenser liquid distribution device, the condenser feed will be divided into further sections.
- the upper portion of the heat pump of FIG. 5 may be formed the same as the upper portion of FIG. 6, such that the condenser water supply takes place via the perforated plate of FIGS. 6 and 7, so that downwardly trickling condenser water 408 is obtained in which the working steam 1 12 is preferably introduced laterally, so that the cross-flow condensation, which allows a particularly high efficiency, can be obtained.
- the condensation zone may be provided with only optional filling, in which the edge 207, also denoted by 409, remains free of packing or the like, in that the working vapor is 12 Not only above, but also below can still penetrate laterally into the condensation zone.
- the imaginary boundary line 410 is intended to illustrate that in FIG. 5. In the embodiment shown in Fig. 5, however, the entire region of the capacitor is formed with its own capacitor bottom 200, which is arranged above an evaporator bottom.
- FIG. 9 a heat pump according to the second embodiment will be described
- the heat pump according to the second aspect includes a condenser 306 which may be the same as the above-described condenser for condensing heated working steam supplied to the condenser 306 via the heated working steam line 305.
- the condenser 306 now includes a foreign gas collecting space 900 disposed in the condenser 306.
- the Fremdgassammeiraum comprises a condensation onsober Structure 901 a, 901 b, which is colder than a temperature of the working vapor to be condensed in operation.
- the Fremdgassammeiraum 900 includes a partition wall 902, which is disposed between the condensation surface 901 a, 901 b and a condensation zone 904 in the condenser 306.
- a foreign gas discharge device 906 is provided, which is coupled to the foreign gas collecting chamber 900 incidentally via the foreign gas supply line 325 in order to discharge foreign gas from the Fremdgassammeiraum 900.
- the Fremdgasab Installations worn 906 includes, for example, a combination of a pump, such as the pump 342, a suction line 371 and a discharge line 372, as described in Fig. 1 B. Then would be sucked out of the Fremdgassammeiraum in a sense directly to the outside.
- the Fremdgasab enclosures worn 906 is designed as a gas trap, with the
- the Fremdgasab Housing and the inlet / outlet lines, as has been described with reference to FIG. 1 B, Fig. 2A, Fig. 2B, Fig. 3, Fig. 4. Then, the Fremdgasab Installations worn additional lent to the pump 342, the intake 371 and the discharge line 372 would also include the gas trap. This would represent a kind of "indirect" foreign gas removal, is first brought from the Fremdgassammeiraum enriched foreign gas together with working steam in the gas trap, where the enrichment of foreign gas is further increased by further condensation of working steam, until then sucked by the pump.
- the combination of the first and second aspects of the present invention thus represents a kind of two-stage enrichment of foreign gas, ie a first enrichment in the Fremdgassammeiraum 900 and a second enrichment in the foreign gas enrichment chamber 358 of the gas trap of Fig. 1 B, before then foreign gas is sucked
- a single-stage boosting of foreign gas to take place, namely either through the external gas collecting space 900 of FIG. 9, from which the gas is then drawn directly, ie without gas trap interposed therebetween.
- Fall housing 330 or, alternatively, by an extraction from the condenser 306 without Fremdgassammeiraum 900, as has been described with reference to FIG. 1B, for example.
- 10 shows a schematic arrangement of a heat pump with an entangled design, as shown for example in FIG. 1 and FIG. 5.
- the evaporator space 102 is disposed within the condenser space 104.
- the steam is supplied to the condensation zone 904 laterally via a steam supply 1000, after having been compressed by a motor not shown in FIG. 10, as shown at 112.
- a steam supply 1000 after having been compressed by a motor not shown in FIG. 10, as shown at 112.
- a roughly frusto-conical partition wall 902 is shown in cross-section, comprising the condensation zone 904 from the condensation surface 106 formed by the condenser bottom and from the further condensation surface 901 b passing through the water or Kondensierer Wegkeitszu Adjust 402 is formed, separated.
- the partition wall 901 a has a temperature below the saturated steam temperature in the condenser on the side facing the condenser.
- the partition 901 a on the evaporator side facing a temperature above the prevailing saturated steam temperature ensures that the suction mouth or steam channel is dry and no drops of water are present in the vapor, in particular when the compressor motor is activated. This avoids that the Impeilerrad is damaged by drops in the steam.
- the steam supply constantly flows water vapor 1 12, in which case flow orders of typically at least 1 I of water vapor per second.
- the pressure of the water vapor is equal to or higher than the resulting saturated steam pressure of the condensate fed through the water feed 402.
- Water which is also designated 1002 in Fig. 10.
- at least 0.1 l / s of condensing working fluid 1002 typically flows.
- the condensing liquid preferably flows or falls down as turbulent as possible, and the supplied steam 1 12 already largely condenses into the moving water. The water vapor disappears in the water and the foreign gas remains.
- the partition wall 902 discharges the condensed water and the inflowing water downwards and at the same time provides the calm zone, which results in the Fremdgassammeiraum 900.
- This zone is formed below the partition wall 902.
- the foreign gas enrichment takes place.
- FIG. 11 A functional representation is given in FIG. 11. Here it is shown in particular that a small part of the water vapor flows to the cold steam supply 901 b to condense there.
- This steam supply is also preferably formed from metal having good thermal conductivity so that the small amount of water vapor 1010 flowing upwardly in the calmed space, ie, in the foreign gas collection space, "sees” a "cold surface".
- the wall of the evaporator suction mouth which is designated 901 a, is also relatively cold.
- this wall is preferably made of plastic, due to the ease of moldability, which has a relatively poor thermal conductivity coefficient, yet the evaporator space 102 is the almost coldest area of the entire heat pump.
- the water vapor 1010 which typically enters the foreign gas collecting space through a gap 1012, also sees a cold sink on the lateral wall 901 a, which motivates the water vapor to condense.
- a cold sink on the lateral wall 901 a, which motivates the water vapor to condense.
- foreign gas atoms are carried into the foreign gas chamber.
- the foreign gas is thus entrained and accumulates because it can not condense in the entire calmed zone. If the condensation ceases, the foreign gas content and thus the partial pressure is higher.
- the Fremdgasab Equipments- device dissipates foreign gas, for example by means of a connected vacuum pump, which sucks from the calmed zone, ie from the Fremdgassammeiraum.
- This extraction can be regulated, can be continuous or can be controlled. Possible parameters are pressure, temperature at the condensation point, a temperature difference between the water supply and the condensate Onsstelle, a driving pressure increase for the entire condensation process to the water outlet temperature, etc. All these sizes can be used for a control. But controlled simply by a time interval control that turns on the vacuum pump for a certain period of time and then turns off again.
- FIG. 12 shows a more detailed illustration of a heat pump with a condenser which has the dividing wall, with reference to the heat pump shown in cross-section in FIG.
- the partition wall 902 is again shown in cross section, which separates the Fremdgassammeiraum 900 of the condensation zone 408 or 904, so that a zone is created, namely the Fremdgassammeiraum 900, in which compared to the other condensation zone, a "calm climate" prevails in the
- a hose 325 is provided as the suction device, and the suction hose 325 is preferably arranged at the top of the external gas collecting chamber, as indicated at 1020, where the hose end
- the walls of the foreign gas collecting space are formed by the condensation surface 901a with respect to one side, upwardly through the water supply portion 901b and with respect to the other side through the partition wall 902.
- the tube 325 that is, the foreign gas discharge, is preferable through the evaporator b oden led out, but so that the hose does not pass through the evaporator, in which a particularly low pressure prevails, but passes it.
- the condenser is formed so that a certain level of condensing liquid is present. However, this level is configured in height so that the partition wall 902 is away from the level around the gap 1012 of FIG. 11, so that the steam flow 1010 can enter the foreign gas collection space.
- the partition wall 902 is sealed upwardly in the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 9-12 so that the working fluid or "water” feed 402 only supplies working fluid into the condensation zone 904 but not into the calm zone.
- this seal does not have to be particularly dense. It is sufficient a loose seal, which serves that the calmed zone can arise. A calmed in comparison to the condensation zone zone in Fremdgassammeiraum already created by the fact that less working fluid is supplied into the Fremdgassammel- space than in the condensation zone, so that the environment is less turbulent there than outside the partition.
- the water supply could thus be designed so that in the Fremdgassammeiraum still something Water is supplied to achieve an efficient condensation of water vapor, which, as shown schematically at 1010, flows into the Fremdgassammeiraum and thereby entrains the foreign gas.
- the Fremdgassammeiraum should be so quiet that the foreign gas can accumulate there and is not brought out again against the flow 1010 under the partition and again undesirably distributed in the condenser.
- the external gas discharge device 906 is designed to operate on the basis of corresponding control variables 1030 and to discharge enriched foreign gas from the external gas collecting chamber 900 to the outside or into another gas trap, as indicated at 1040 ,
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